On April 18, 2008 Pamela Blechman was on her way to a meeting for her employer, a charitable fund, when she boarded a crowded uptown subway train at the 14th Street-Union Square station in Manhattan. After she stepped from the platform into the subway car, Ms. Blechman was jostled backwards and fell into a foot-wide
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Ankle and Back Injuries Result in $2,219,571 Pain and Suffering Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Ankle Injuries, Back Injuries
On June 30, 2006, Manuel Guallpa fell to the ground from a ladder 10 feet high while repairing windows at a storefront construction site in Queens County. His right ankle sustained the brunt of the fall and he was taken to the local hospital where he was diagnosed with an intra-articular fracture of the medial…
Ankle Fracture Pain and Suffering Verdict for $400,000 Sent Back for Retrial on Liability Apportionment Only
By John Hochfelder on
Posted in Ankle Injuries
Leshai Ryals walked out from the rear door of a city bus on University Avenue in the Bronx on January 19, 2004 at about 11:30 a.m., took two steps in the street and then slipped on snow and ice. She broke her ankle and sued claiming that the bus driver was liable because, having…